Your Consultant reads well, that's one thing less to worry about.
Make sure that you are healthy when you go in for the surgery, i.e. well rested, you have eaten as well as is possible and keep hydrated. If possible you and your husband should walk, gently, together. No need to talk. Simply be. Make this your time. Make you the person who doesn't become one of those statistics, which is what they are! Positivity is difficult as the fear and worry can be over-whelming. Have you spoken to your breast nurse since your appt.? Perhaps ringing for a chat and a little reassurance?
Keep away from GOOGLE ;-) alghouth yesterday it was Irish dancers all the way across the page
new nightie - make sure that it can be
buttoned up/down the front as lifting clothing above the head might be impossible after surgery. You may be sore or stiff, you may have a drip and drain to contend with: and it is quicker to undo a few buttons when the Doctors do their rounds as they often arrive suddenly
. It is easier to pull a nighty round the body rather than struggle with it on and off
. New flannels, soap, best slippers, iPod in case you can't sleep ........ show DH where your clean knickers are, how to wash the nightie - it's hot in hospitals so you may need at least one change a day
- new toothbrush and paste, leave a list of 'phone numbers for those you wish to know you are in/out of hospital. Buy in dog/cat/budgie food etc. and hide a few treats for DH to find i.e. under your pillow ......... I don't know whether you need loose change these days for the 'phone or whether it's a by the bed phone which is charged at the end of your stay ...........
